Bravo’s Jennifer Welch has taken intention at Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk (née Frantzve), describing her as an “absolute grifter.”
The Candy Residence alum, 51, made the scathing feedback about Erika throughout the Sunday, December 7 episode of her “I’ve Had It” podcast.
“She is an absolute grifter,” Welch stated as she addressed controversial remarks the Turning Level CEO made about ladies and marriage earlier this month. Erika had claimed “career-driven ladies” have been counting on the federal government as a substitute of getting married and having youngsters.
“You’re an opportunistic grifter who weaponizes your gender to demean ladies. You’re a strolling, speaking, respiration instance as to why no person, primary, needs to be a Christian, and quantity two, needs to be a feminine hypocrite resembling your self,” Welch stated in response to the feedback. “So that you can prance into Manhattan and lecture ladies who’re abundantly conscious of the coattails of which now we have ridden … to have the ability to be heard. You’re so divorced from actuality and it’s good to return to the Turning Level bubble.”
Welch added of Erika, “This lady needs to be kicked to the curb.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Erika Kirk’s representatives for remark.
Erika, 37, shared her headline-making ideas on ladies and marriage throughout an onstage interview at The New York Occasions’ 2025 DealBook Summit on December 3.
Interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin spoke about Zohran Mamdani’s current election as mayor of New York Metropolis and stated Mamdani’s means to “persuade the youthful voter” was much like Charlie’s — albeit on the different finish of the political spectrum.
Erika Kirk. (Picture by David Dee Delgado/Getty Photos for The New York Occasions)
“You already know it’s so attention-grabbing as a result of I lived in Manhattan for some time and I beloved this metropolis,” Erika stated on the occasion. “I’m going to return at this from a feminine voter as a result of a excessive share of his voters have been feminine. I feel there’s an inclination, particularly while you dwell in a metropolis like Manhattan, the place, once more, you might be so profession pushed, and also you nearly regarded to the federal government as a type of substitute for sure issues relationship-wise even, so that you see issues slightly bit in a different way.”
Erika then inspired ladies to not prioritize the federal government over having youngsters and discovering a husband.
“What I don’t need to occur is ladies younger ladies within the metropolis look to the federal government as an answer to place off having a household or a wedding since you’re counting on the federal government to assist you rather than being united with the husband, the place you possibly can assist your self and your husband can assist and you may guys all mix collectively,” she stated.
Erika shared two youngsters, a 1-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter, with the right-wing political activist. They tied the knot on Might 8, 2021 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Charlie was fatally shot at Utah Valley College on September 10. He was 31. Following a manhunt, suspected shooter Tyler James Robinson was apprehended by police the next day and has since been charged with aggravated homicide and extra felonies. (Robinson, 22, has but to enter a plea. Prosecutors have stated they are going to pursue the demise penalty if the case goes to trial.)
